This 4-star Samsung OLED TV just crashed to $897 on Amazon

When I first started covering the TV industry, OLEDs were the most expensive sets on the market. A 55-inch OLED TV cost thousands of dollars, and crucially, there weren’t that many to choose from.

So when I come across a 55-inch OLED TV for less than a thousand bucks, a small part of me feels like celebrating. Today, the 55-inch Samsung S85F is just $897 at Amazon — a full $500 off its usual price and much, much lower than what a 55-inch OLED would run you back in 2014.

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Samsung 55" S85F 4K OLED TV: was $1,397 now $897 at Amazon

Samsung's entry-level OLED may not be as much of a showstopper as the brand's flagship-level OLED TVs, but it still offers all of the benefits we've come to expect from this incredible display technology, including perfect black levels and pixel-level dimming. It also comes with a useful array of gaming enhancements and streaming features.

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I love the S85F, as it makes the OLED experience easier to attain for folks who'd rather not shell out a ton of cash on a top-shelf TV. It offers a tremendous amount of value.

The S85F isn't as bright or as colorful as the mid-range Samsung S90F and the flagship-level S95F OLED, but you're nevertheless getting the key benefits of OLED display technology. Rather than rely on a backlight, the S85F features millions of self-illuminating pixels. This results in a deep, detail-rich picture.

And while it's not as bright as higher-end OLEDs, there's still plenty of horsepower here. In our Samsung S85F review, we noted that this TV is significantly brighter than LG's entry-level OLED, the LG B5.

When it comes to features, the S85F is also packing more than what you might expect given its entry-level status. It offers many of the same enhancements as Samsung's higher-end OLED TVs.

Gamers will be pleased to learn that the S85F supports 4K gaming at 120Hz across four HDMI 2.1 inputs. This is the highest 4K spec available on current-generation consoles.

And, while I don't find Samsung's Tizen-based smart platform to be as easy to use as Roku or Google TV, the software supports a ton of downloadable streaming apps and can serve as a daily driver. In other words, it's ready to go if you'd rather not plug in an external streaming device.

Now's a great time to pounce on the S85F, as Samsung's 2026 TV lineup is currently rolling out. It'll soon be replaced by the newer (and pricier) Samsung S85H.

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